Fountain



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

B. OTT.

FOUNTAIN.

No. 603,342.V Patented May 3,1898.`

'ma Hemus PsTEns co., Pnoouno.. WASHINGTON. n. c:4

2 Sheets-Sheen 2- (No Model.)

B. OTT. FOUNTAIN.

No. 603,342. Patented Ma,y-3,1898.

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@Miam/veg l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENEDICT OTT, OF LA GROSSE, WISCONSIN.

FOUNTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,342, dated May 3, 1898. Application filed October 28, 1897. Serial No. 656,630. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may con/cern,.- Y Be it known that I, BENEDIOT OTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountains; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide for' automatic variation of fountain display; and it consists in the simple economical constructionand combination of parts hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

' Figure 1 of the drawings represents a partlysectional elevation of a variable-display-fountain apparatus in accordancewith my invention, the view beingindicated by line 1,1 in

Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan view of the major portion.

of the apparatus; and Fig. 3, another sectional elevation of said apparatus, this latter view being indicated by line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a stand-pipe, B a coupling having screw-thread union with theV upper end of the stand-pipe, and O a worm-sleeve in like union with the coupling, although it may be found practical to make this coupling and wormsleeve in one piece or omit said coupling. The worm-sleeve constitutes a support and bearing for a shouldered hollow stem D, having preferably hollow downwardly-inclined arms E, that extend therefrom in opposite `directions, these hollow arms being in communication with the bore of said stem.

Each of the hollow stemarms E herein shown is in one piece with a perforated horizontal shell F, containing a perforated hollow spigot G, the latter being screw-threaded or otherwise fastened .to a worm-wheel H, that meshes with the worm-sleeve C above speciiied, this arrangement of parts being best illustrated-in Fig. l. The shells F and spigots G constitute faucets from which water under pressure has outlet, the number, duration, and form of streams or jets being in accordance with the shape and arrangement of the perforations in said shells and spigots,v

the latter being in rotation in the former. The display of water ifrom each faucet is predetermined, and an indefinite variety of more 'other terminal.

or less complex recurrent effects may be obtained. Y

. While preference is had for hollow stemarms and. aforesaid faucets, it is practical and within the scope of myinvention to make said arms other than hollow and provide them with studs upon which to rotate the wormwheels H, this variation being possible when other faucets and actuating mechanism in train with said worm-wheels are employed, as hereinafter specified, it being obvious that thevariable display of the fountain is somewhat dependent upon the number of faucets and the predetermined recurrent effects from each( 4 As herein shown, the upper portion of stem D may be provided with perforated horizontal protuberances I in communication with its bore, and hollow perforatedspigots J are arranged within the protuberances of said stem, these stem protuberances and spigots therein constituting faucets similar to those above speciiied. The stem D is also shown as preferably provided with an aperture b in its upper end for the escape of a jet of water, and, if desirable, this aperture may be indefinitelymultiplied. Each spigot J constitutes the inner terminal of an annularly-shouldered horizontal pipe K, loose in a sleeve L, the other terminal of said pipe being preferably the shell portion M of a ground joint, the plug N of this ground joint being the lower terminal of a vertically-disposed curved pipe O, having an apertured cap o for its Each horizontal sleeve L is shown 'made fast by a set-screw d or other suitable means in a collar e, depending from an arm P, extending laterally from stem D,

yand as a matter of convenience the sleevesupports may be branches of a plate made fast on the externally-shouldered upper portion of said stem above its faucet protuberances.v V

Fast on the outer ends of eaohsleeve L is a bevel-wheel Q, and in mesh with the same is a bevel-pinion R, the latter being fast on one of the pipes O aforesaid.

' A lever S is made fast to each pipe K, and a link T connects this lever with a toothed wheel U, rotative on a stud e', extending from the' outer end of a right-angle branch V of a IOO stem-arm above specified, the stud being preferably in screw-thread connection with the stem-arm branch, as clearly shown in Fig.

Each of the aforesaid worm-wheels is shown provided with a notched annular hub-flange f, that opposes the teeth of a wheel U and constitutes a loek for the same. An offset lug g on each tooth of wheel U straddles the hub-tiangefslightly in advance of the toot-hpoint, and a wiper h, rotative with the adjacent worm-wheel, operates against successive tooth-lugs in order to thereby impart intermittent rotative movement to the corresponding wheel. The wiper is herein shown as a part of the spigot fast to the worm-wheel, although it is practical, and in some instances it may be preferable, to organize the apparatus so as to have said wiper an integral part of said worm-wheel upon a side of the same; but in any event the wiper is positioned with reference to the notch in the hub-flange f so that this notch may afford the clearance necessary to the desired movement of the toothed wheel.

The construction and arrangement of parts herein described with reference to imparting intermittent rotary movement to each of the tooth-wheels U may be somewhat varied in practice without d cparture from my in vention.

Water under pressure being turned into the stand-pipe A will find various outlets and will always discharge from the outer terminals of pipes O to impart rotation to the stem D, whereby the worm-wheels ll in mesh with the fixed worm-sleeve C are given continuous rotary motion on their own axes, and spigots G, that may be fast to said wormwheels, are given a like motion in their shells F to thereby vary the display of water issuing from said shells. At the same time the intermittent rotation of the toothed wheels U takes place, and thus the links T and levers S are operated to oscillate the pipes K in their supporting-sleeves L, whereby the spigots J in the stem protuberances I are given corresponding motion to vary display of water escaping from the upper faucets. At the same time an independent oseillative motion is given the pipes O by means of the aforesaid bevel-gearing to vary their angle of discharge.

It is to be understood that the fountain may be organized with either or both sets of faucets described in connection with the rotative stem and that the pipes O may be rigid nozzles of the ones K or have the independent oscillation herein set forth, said pipes O being at all times discharge-terminals of said pipes K and having their arrangement at suitable angles to insure rotation of the stem D when water under pressure is tiowin g through the apparatus of which this stem constitutes a central part.

Ilavin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A worm-sleeve forstationaryconnection with a fountain stand-pipe, ahollow stem having rotative engagement with the wormsleeve, pipes extending laterally in opposite directions from the stem and having discharge-terminals at suitable angles, hollow stem-arms extending in opposite directions and having perforated horizontal shell-terminals, hollow perforated spigots in these armterminals, and worm-wheels made fast to the spigots to mesh with said worm-sleeve.

2. A worm-sleeve for stationary connection with a fountain stand-pipe,a hollow stem having rotative engagementwith th e worm-sleeve7 arms extending in opposite directions from the stem, worm-wheels in rotative connection with the stem-arms to mesh with said worinsleeve, other wheels in rotative connection with stem-arm branches and having intermittent motion imparted thereto from the wormwheels, pipes having hollow perforated spigotterminals engaging perforated horizontal protuberances of said stem, the other terminals of these pipes being at suitable angles, pipesupports in connection with the aforesaid stem, levers fast to the pipes, and links connecting the levers with the intermittentlydriven wheels.

3. A worm-sleeve for stationary connection with a fountain stand-pipe,a hollow stem having rotative engagelnent with the worm-sleeve, arms extending in opposite directions from the stem, worm-wheels in rotative connection with the stem-arms to mesh with said wormsleeve, other wheels in rotative connection with stem-arm branches and having intermittent motion imparted thereto from the wormwheels,pipes havinghollow perforated spigotterminals engaging perforated horizontal protuberanees of said st-em, other pipes in groundjoint union with the ones aforesaid, bevelpinions fast on the latter pipes and meshed with bevel gear-wheels fast on supportingsleeves engaged by the former pipes, levers fast to the sleeve-engaging pipes, and links connecting the levers with the intermittentlydriven wheels.

4. A worm-sleeve for stationary connection with a fountain stand-pipe, a hollow stem having rotative engagement with the worm-sleeve, hollow arms extending in opposite directions from the stem and having perforated horizontal shell-terminals, hollow perforated spigots in these arm-terminals, worm-wheels made fast to the spigots to mesh with said wormslceve, other wheels in rotative connection with stem-arm branches and having intermittent rotation imparted thereto from the wormwheels,pipes havin ghollow perforated spigotterminals engaging perforated horizontal protuberanees of said stem, the other terminals of these pipes being at suitable angles, pipesupports in connection with the aforesaid stem, levers fast to the pipes, and links con- ICO IOS

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neeting the levers with .intermittently-drivenY wheels; Y

5. A worm-sleeve for stationary connection with a fountain standpipe,a hollow stemhavinground-joint union with the ones aforesaid, bevel-pinions -fast on the latter pipes and meshed with bevel gear-wheels fast on supporting-sleeves engaged by the former pipes, levers fast to the sleeve-engaging pipes, and links connecting the levers with the intermittently-driven Wheels.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

B'ENEDICT OTT.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, B. C. RoLoFF. 

